After disappointing losses to open their respective series, the Raptors and Sixers took care of business as expected to advance to the second round. The top four teams in the East are head and shoulders above the rest of the conference, and so after a snooze-fest first round both second round series are pretty intriguing.

The Sixers are loaded with talent, but haven't had much time to gel, have a questionable coach and don't have a strong bench. The Raptors are even more stacked and are seemingly the most complete team in the conference, but memes favor a letdown. I think with the coaching and personnel changes Toronto transcends their history and wins this series in 6 games. We'll see though.

Siakem is incredible. You want 2 to 3 players to come up huge in the playoffs, and it's nice to see him playing like a superstar. 2 superstars + 1or2 allstar = championship. Kawhi being a league's top 3 talent for years, I am liking Raptors chance at the moment, thx to Siakem.

what has ben simmons done since the nets series? i'm not even sure he looked at the basket/was involved in the offense in 4th qtr of the last game. i'd hate to say it but this is what happens when you don't & can't shoot the ball in the playoffs against good defensive teams.

Ben Simmons has more field goal attempts than points thus far in the series. Pick the adjective that feels right for you; I'm going with horrendous. He needs that jumpshot, and the mentality to score when needed.

What can contend with swishing a gamewinning shot as far as spectacular highlights and proverbial Playoff Moments are concerned? One that seems determined to touch every part of the rim before dropping in, of course.

Kawhi is baaad man. No disrespect for DeRozan and everything he has done in Toronto, but he couldn't have pulled that off in a million years. The front office decision is playing nicely for the moment. Let's get these boys to the finals and keep Kawhi now